L iniud every Wek by the WILLAMETTE t AKm It PI HLIHimC CO. TERMS OK SUBbCltllTIOlli On yer,(P06tage paid), lnadvanc I J 00 CIS montlis, (Postage paid), In advance l.Jj I than six months w 111 be, per month 25 ADVEIISISINO KATbS : Advertisements will he Inserted, providing tn are ireuble, at the follow Ing tabic ol rites : Oof loch of space per month I W Tare inches of spice per month I tjt-bsll column per month InTjl Os column per month 8 w wffimnift copies sent free on application. h. Publication Office: No. 6 Wauhlngton Street Lp sjrr. rooms No. Band 64 ALLPAPKIWHISCONTINUHt AT THE EM I1IA HON OF THE TIME KAID I OH. Notice to Subscribers. Orricnor Wulamrttb Farm, ) February 28, lb&S To (.de Rsaiifkh : We mhllsh onlv a siifllclcnt number of the Farmkr to rupply actual prepaid subscriber and we cannot sup ply back numbers. If It Is desired by subscrilicrs to secure all Issues they BoitMranMlosenillu their renewals In ample time to reach tnls office beforo expiration. J3WA11 subBcrlliers can Ull by the printed lag on"Bili Orthelr papor exactly when their time will explrettt Another Important point: ALL COMMUNICATIONS AKI) LETTERS .SHOULD HE ADDRESSED TO THE 'WIIXAHKTTE FARMER," 7 Drawer 13, Portland, Oregon. REMOVAL NOTICE. OurrendcrH will plcace bear in mind that our.present address is Salem in stead of Portland. All mutters will re echo prompt nttention if addressed to the WnxAJii.i.-n k r.MiMKH, Siklem, Or. Did you get our circular? Will you waist us in making tho Faiimi.R bettor known? Wo hopo you will try. If you cannot get up n club, got nil you can. The "peanut hoy," who has tho traffic on u railroad train, might be a very use ful member of society, but is usually an agent of some extortioner who pays the railroad for jhoprivilego of trading on tho tniiii", which ho impro 09 by pur chasing mi inferior and chrnplotof enn licH, nuts unil fruitu to he retailed to travelers at about four times thoir rea sonable values. If the transportation companies would see to it that passcn gertt are tuppliod with nctunlly goal lunch eatables, and nuts and con fections, as welt as current literature, at n fair price, it. would bo kind tientment that tho public could appreciate and tend to make tho world bclicvo Unit cor porations uio not entirely destitute of rJUlllB. Kvehy friend who recciveH a copy of our circular will confer 11 favor by rend ing it carefully. Wo trust that ns many an can will introduce the subject to their neighbors. If overy 1 cider and well wisher of thoF.niMEU will do thiK thcio will bon inluahlo acquisition to our lists. At the low prieii at which we olt'er to send this paper in clubs of ten thoio ought o be no troublo in doubling our lint. We me milking n valuablo paper mid can do still lxdtor if wo had moro mimes nu our h-t. Aa no huvo often miid wo cannot afford to bond vt soliei torn or ciiuuiHwiri, bcciiuio tho eountiy - ih as yet spaisoly settled and it costs mini) than tho subscription prion of the paper. We will send specimen copies to any who may wir.h thoin. CORPORATE MANAGEMENT. The nblo correspondent of tho N. Y. Times, writing fiom Califoinia, which Htnto wa long his home, alludes to the tyranny practiced by tho railways of that KUitc, iiudgivos many, piirtjenlais of their extortions, Ho recalls that those 11 ads weio built by t)id people and liter idly cost t!ieir reputed owners nothing. Yet their chaiges tiro much greater thuu those of liny other roads in the I'uitod States. Fiom New Yoik to Onialia, marly l.."00 miles to tinel in ,flrnt (iliiss ciin and out excellent roads costs .I'i 60; and from Oinihti to Am Fruit oUeo, 1.M15 miles out inferior roads equipped with lesa comfort&ijlo cars, ioU $! j. .Tiu)l on Eastern roads to Omaha in - 1-10 cents a mile and oil ih tuids wet of Oiuaha it is 5 1-10 cents. The ro id-that oot iheirowneis nothing nri made to oaiu eiioinioin prolits on .ti"k that did not eo-t 11 dollar. The-same vv liter goes on ,0 lov tlu outragoMi- -ystoni practiced whore, the i.ulnu I agent reiiuiies the shipier to ex pl.iin ov.'iy pirt of hi business1 and puts mi 11 fivliilit.tM.tItV that "Isnllthu eoods fnulxNit" They mt allow tho maim - fneturor and nivdiu'er to live and woik loYtheiii. llis.i pvstoni of oppio"ion .Kst of till boil it, using it in tho shape (lint cannot 1h roited with success; of tea or cofti e. Wo Know of a lady who Kvanso the railioad has no master and had siifl'oiod muoh from the stoniach af 'jikiws no law If tliKslnppor M'sj.ih the ton rossing thi plains, and a dootoi "Ug tax (mj)n IrnittwrAijoMiln-fjiMVi gosiod tint it might bo something of tukmKlS.aS)nL&CMUoTAta this soil niont.oiml. hoaokiiowlodgod is UelpliMN! riil wIitVjnviHiwnUytf'ir roj a passion for diinkuu fiom every stream lHvf.5jTliSyrAh41nvt iroV.tdi'onx ivr spline thoy otM-M. A-ouTocmetio liunarrn -ViVtWlli ''i yi-gui". 01 a roi si- --- ,A,f ti'TKt . nr' r. ITT nuVUl l)J wift Kills. 01 a ron - (Mug public, Ml) Mit'ir iiuiucnse gtiinii to buy up tbjjilatUrinnd Railroad Coin- ini-ssiohcn. eThj.vm,w constitution of California Vii'pOuTless instrument iu v ,l j .. . -. long ns these railroad sharpen-hao tril lions to use annunlly for bribing and c orrupting the people's agents and rep-reentatives. Tho story of railroad oppression in California is n frightful picture of hu man weakness on 0110 hand, and of or ganized cupidity on the other. Tho merchants of San Frnncisco hnve hoped for relief from the Northern road and it seems thoy have rejoiced over tho re ei'int. of c-oods bv this route, but wc hear later that they fear tho Northern Pacific management will go back on its promises nnd leave them sit tho mercy of t.ho onnres"or. The monstrous wealth of the Central Pacific manage ment is all pen nding nnd almost omnip otent. It is possiblo tho Northern fn cific managers fenr to gi apple with it knowing that tho policy of this opponent is to ruin where it cannot rule. It is ctn possiblo that some- coils of this monster nre throw 11 around the Northci n Pacific nnd have p.iralyed nil po-ibiIi tics of relief. Tho Central Pacific magnates havo been nblo to acquire the control of every opposing interest, and to-day own and eontiol ovcrv transcontinental route to the houth of us. AVhilo there nio 110111 innlly thrco routes to tho Pacific south of tho Oregon line, this Buaius anion: corporations reaches out and eontiol them all. Itis moie than po-iblo that its arms may if they have not yet done so- reach out towuid the 1101th and embrace the Noithcrn Pacific i.iil- way. All men have their limits and if tho Central IVifie, which hrs so much to lose, bhould tempt the picscnt ninn- ngementof our roads, theie i- no leanm why they should not sell the eontiol to them. H would be a common business transaction. Tho Noithoimn.id siem'to beembii-ras-ed andstiugglingin financial tiou blos So far as w o can judge the pooplo feel kindly toward" Mr. Yillnrd and hisn-so ciates. Thee U no leii'-on why theroid should not pioioa magnificent succes-. "Whatever its tioubles may be they nre only trivial and oianescent. Yeryooii tho rapidly peopled country it tiaverses will supplv plenty of buines-. The qtietiou to be met is: will our people haie to suffer the oppression the Central oiowd inflicts on Nciada, t'tnh and Cul ifoiniaor shall wo hae a fait "how to produco and niannfactiiie? Tho rule so often followed to levy freights to the limit production will bear is tyranny nnd oppicssion. This people will not submit to but will liso up against it. Legislatures will bo elected to make law s to couect tho evil and severely paiiidi cases whoro wealth is Used toconupt the courts and law makers, nnd buy up tho Commissioners tho pcoplo appoint. Should anoppiessive policy be puisucd tho voters of tho Pacific Noithwe-t will not lest until they pioiidu 11 remedy. Thetiue jiohcy of ooipoiutiousistogo to the o.xtent of liberality sons to induce settlement and eiicouinge pioductiou and niaiiufaitiue. WIihIomt buihU up 11 country builds up all -neb entorpiies. NaiiMWinindediiOfs i out t pi ice when corporations such as the X ithcin I'll cilio have aland giant thin w ill so no.uly repay tho cot of constitution The c.- nuiple of the people and l.iilio.uK of Califoinia sjiould have iulliioiuu to pie ent such acouiseas makes the laihuiid interest at odds with all tho iO"t of the coiumiiuity. If wo fall into the hands of Staufoid and Ciockerand Hunting ton wo know what toexpivt. So far the nanio of Yill.ird has been 11 .yn.nm for a blond anil vigorous policy a'ld tiilth fulnoss. If that impie-sion i" to con tinue it can only bo by the pursuance of a policy that will be jut and rcwmahlo to the working anil producing cl.-es whose bio id shoulder" sustain the Stale and maintain the gie.it ontoipiios pe culiar to out ago. OUR DRINK1NO WATER All item tolling of the oxpoiioiu o of a lady in I'oitTownsend piompls us to say that people must bo 111010 c.iii'ful as 10 Jho water u-ed in drinking. This lady after suH'oiing -oiim three mouths fiom hor stonueh, finally iui-tod muni ovoro emetics, which u moved tlnco animals, sumotlinu like water lizauK which woio alio, and which undoubt edly weio taktn into the stomach in Idiinl.iu hydrant water, ."she had foiod excruciatingly all the time. nf No ' wntoi from livdraut? 01 spi'uus should bo uod without straining or liltoiing , uroueiit nuiuuvu of i small ort of in sect looking like a "iivv-bug, all alive, and of Miiioii" ago-, showing thst thoy bred in the toninch. The writer iw thorn and can vouch for tho truth of WILLAMETTE FARMER- SALEM. OREGON. .NOVEMBER Hi, In3. this. Xo doubt that many people who are in ill health and suffering from stom ach disorders are sometimes affected in this very way, ns several other instances of similar sort havo come under our ob servation. No one should drink from a cup without first looking into tho vvnter. Kspecially is spring water to be sus pected of living orgnnism. Well water would not Iks apt to contain anything objectionable unless coming in from the top of the well. Littlo children should bo warned, as they are always wanting ".1 drink." nnd cautioned to always look carefully before putting to the lips. WATERINQ "STOCKS. A news dispatch of Nov. 1st, soyi : The business of importance before tho chamber of commerce to-day was the piesentntion of the report of the special committee on lailway transportation nnd on the watering of the stocks of corpo- Mtions. The commissioner's leport states thnt stock watering operations similai to the late issue of .$1,000,000 of Manhattan elevated railroad stocks con stituted n ginve offenso against the com munity and should bo made a misde meanor by law; that capitalization of surplus earnings should be piohibited by law ; that increases of capital, either by stock or bond issue, should be do lined by strongest legal foimulns easily understood, nnd only peimitted for good nnd sufficient public lenson", and not because it can bo shown that a corpora tion can bo made to pay n fair dividend on nn inci eased capital; that the public welf.ue lequires that corporations should bo subject to government supervision and control; that such government su pei vision should have power to legulate and eontiol within icasonable limit the chaiges of these corporations ; that ordi nary differences arising between these coiporntions and their customers should be decided by goveinmentcommissioneis without the expensive nnd tedious delays incident to n law suit. Then there -hnuld be no fixed limit to tho rate of ca"h dividends, corporations acting under such supervision as above indica ted may pay to their stockholders by ic.ison of superior management of their affair" or increased prosperity, but such questions should be left to the legislative power which created them todecide upon the necessarily vaiying conditions of each case. Tho committee further say that whoie there was competition be tween the different milroad lines the public would be protected in the matter of rates. Pooling on through traffic, however, had to a great extent abrogat ed competition. Wo heartily cndoise the spirit of this repoit. There is a dishonest intention in every act of a corH)ratiou cieating stock that never was paid foi and such acU should bo foibidden bylaw. Kvery corporation's stock should represent money nctunlly paid in and the public should bo protected by law fro"' being deceived in lelntion to values of prop el ty, as well as protected bylaw, from paying too groat a profit on money in vested by corporations.. TAXING MORTOAOES AGAIN. The I.inn County llusiness Council ad vocates giving the MoitgagoTax Law a fair trial. Tho effect of the law at pres ent, under its opeintioii assessing mony at its lull fac e is disastiou. Mnnngo to equalize money assessments so as to coi respond with aesed values of prop erty and there can bo no objection to tho law, except that taxing money leads to domoialmition and encourages perjury. This is. because dishonest men vvilltiy to cv ado it. A tax-pa er of Marion coun tv who doesn't know whether his home is in Oiogon or at Walla Walla, illus trato this. lie some lintb ago gave ii his assessment in piesonee of n gentle man, who said "llovvdid you manage to give in your money at !fl!l..")00 when I know of .$40,000 you have loaned outV" This man's answer was "You see they assessed ni land and property for me us they plened and I gave in my money in tho same proportion. Thoy rated my pi op city at one-third what it cost me, and I put 111 niv f 10,000 of loans at the same rate, vv Inch is $l!l W0." That man's con science was easy, but he must have cum mitted porjiu.v. Il this nioitg.ige tax law encourages such perjury Aosayit produces an evil effect tfyat should be avoided, if ossiblo, To tax propeity and permit no exemption for debts and not tax money secures a full revenue, pro duce" no evil results, and obviates all the evils louiplainod of. Still we can give the inoituage tax liw a fair clmiuo. Hotel Keepers Speak. Tho hotel keepers continue to bo an noj ed by the United Carriage iV Bags.igo Transportation Company. Their repre ontatius go on all incoming trains and olicit patronise. Thoy, to our personal knowledge, doeoiv i the people, and wo have witnessed the deception. Thry tell traveleis that none of the hotels, havo 'buss.es or hacks to moot the train atKist Portland This is in a measure true, hut all ticket" are printed by the evei thing tint was planted did well. anoii" companies to include the traii-i tbo.uh there was not a diop of rain'all for across tho river, whifh is virtually alter the middle of May. The capacity the cud of the roid. Of course none of of the -oil to retain moi-ture nud n-.i"t the hotel" have coaches at Fast Tort-, drouth i wonderful. Orcharding and vine land. Wo decidedly stamp tho V. C. growing must Uvoine very important - 1). T Co as an imposition upon the branehe of fanning all along the Co traveling public, and when wo see one luuibia. Treo grow well on upland of their runners deceiving stranger, but the sandy itrueh of Umatilla coun again wo will interfere iu the matter, ty is ckvo to the Columbia, and level, Wo propose to show this concern up in. scarce ri"ing to hilts in many ni'les its true colors. . 1 xx ill affoid excellent ground to "grow all EASTERN OREGON SOUTH OF THE CO LUMBIA. Recent travel by tho writer in the counties of Wasco and I'matilla affords personal and reliable information con cerning a wide district that has been much neglected and underrated, and to day offers the grcatost inducements for settlement of all the eatitcrii country. There is so much to learn concerning tho ''Inland Kmpire," as the eastern re gion is aptly called, that we nexer make a journey through nny pait of it with out realizing the fact that all per-onal knowledge is inadequate to the actual resomccs nntt capabilities of the "I'ppcr Country." Very littlo actual knowledge of that country was had until compara tively n recent date. First enmo the rush to the Walla Wnlla country' and south of Snnkc rixer, which a'trncted immigiation fiist of all. Then people became nwaro that Umatilla county pos sessed wondrously fertile districts, and eastern Umatilla, near the Blue Moun tains, Avas rapidly Bettled. this gave liso to thriving towns Weston and Centerville and made Pendleton grow greatly. Only three years ago public nt tention was attracted to the "Cold Spring Country," which lies between Ccntciville and Weston and the Colum bia river. This was owing to tho fact that Mr. A. F. Parker, now of Lewiston, wrote a graphic description of that rich locality, nnd showed thcro was room there for a thousand or moro pre-emptions. This graphic description wo pub lished in tho Faiimeh, nnd something like 2 0,000 copies of this paper nnd an extra edition were sent in all directions, causing eastern Umatilla county to rap idly fill up with valuable settlers, who nre making the bunch-grass uplands and plains into beautiful and highy pro ductive farms. So the country south of the Columbia to the eastward of the Umatilla river was rapidly settled and developed. Also, n great tide of immigration poured into the Palouso region, north of Snake river. All this was to develope a country over a hundred miles eastof The Dalles, while no attention or but littlo was paid to the region west of Ainswoith, on the north side of the Columbia, and west of Umatflla river on the south. Some en terprising Portland gentlemen purchased 5,000 acres near Umatilla Landing, or Junction, and considered of little value, as much of it was "sage-brush land and sandy." These gentlemen have demon strated that such land produces good crops,and following their example, many locations arc now made in similar land, extending tho arable limits of that county greatly, and enlarging its enpac ity to produce ciops nnd create valu able homes. Still west, in "Umatilla county, thcio is. 1 stietch of plains that bear excellent bunch grass, leaching from the Umatilla rivor to the Wasco county line, sixty by- forty miles in extent compaiatively un settled, and only occupied by stock men w ho did not permit a good opinion of the country to spread, but insisted thnt it w as unfit for agriculturo. At the present time tho most inviting field for settle ment in tho Upper Country, is to bo found in western Umntillnnnd northern Wasco. Western Umatilla is rapidly filling up. The so-called desert, be tween Willow creek and Butter creek, twenty-five by thirty-fivo miles in area is found to be good farming land, with watei easily got by digging, and nbund anco of forests in the Blue Mountains south of it. This has been rapidly filling up of lato but offers homes for thou sands 111010. Eastern Umatilla has this year turned off almost a million and a half bushels of wheat. Western Umatilla will soon do as well. Tho x-alue of that section and of the country between John Day and Deschutes rivers is equal to that of any portion 01 tno upper country. Theie may lo considerable land that is inferior but the extent of good land is immense. v asco county has no moun tain barrin south of it. It reaches back far south, and possesses amble lands that nre actually unknown. We latelv have met reliable per-ons who havo trav olod ihroutili inmiUe Urenon. who nsert that for nearly wo bundled miles south of the Columbia, good farming land nlxwnds, land that is well watered, orenn provide water easily, and with timber growing not far off. As to tho products of the losKm south of the Columbia, the to-t already made show s that lauds farmed iluro produce as well as the farms clo-e to Walla Walla, which is saying enough for any country. The uplands of all that country bring the finest possible gardens. Xenr the John Dav unit Uolummn rivers, Jlr. Mariner 1 x-t summer grew melons of all kind-, potato's and com, and in fct sorts of fruit trees, more especially peaches and grapes. The future will bear us out in this assertion Having ncentlv devoted much attention to the district alluded to. we sum up our find ings and conclusions as above written, conscious that it is not easy to do justice to nny such extent ot country in n unci sketch of this kind. PRODUCTION AND TRANRP0KTI0N In reply to tho charges made that Ore gon f aimers arc deficient in entciprisc, "o that hundreds of thousands of dollars go out of the country to buy vegetables and fruits that could be raised at home, n fanner tells the Oregonian that the freights charged on our local roads are so hiirh ns to discourniro production. It is tine that ocean chaiges nre much less than by railroad; also true that freights must come down before produc tion can reach the point it occupies in California. It is also truo that railroads must have enough business to do before they can reduce tho freight rate to the lowest point. Our producers need not doubt that freight rates will come down as soon ns they produce a sufficient quantity to justify it. I'ailroads owo their existence to tho people and are un der popular control. Tho people can regulate freights by law, but w e hax-o no idea that the corporations wo havo crea ted will compell us to mnke laws for their regulation. The tine way is to produce all we can so as to givo no ex cuse for high torifT and then demand reasonable rates if not already granted. This country is having loads built in an ticipation of its development. This is hard on the roads for n short while that development is only small, but tho man agers must seo that the true policy is to make a tariff thnt will let tho farmer live and thrive or else he will not be encouraged to produce, nor xvill pop ulation be encouraged to come here and become producers. The title policy of our people is to fax'or improvement of the navagation of all our rivers. If the Columbia and Snake rivers could be navigated at all seasons to their head waters, and the Willamette as well, then the producer would have a perfect, check on transpor tation. We must have free navigation of our rivers to secuie the best good of producers, and we confidently believe that in time the great water courses of tho Pacific Northwest will bo opened for free transportation. As yet our region is new and the transportation question is not dex-eloped by settlement and pro duction. Our farmers should produce all the country needs and loavo the re sult to be decided by circumstances. If railroads will not act fairly then tho voteis of the country can make laws to suit the circumstances. ELECTIONS. The elections last week had the fol lowing results. In Mnssnchusotts, Gen, Butler was defeated by 10,000 majority, though he got 13,000 moie x'otes than elected him Inst year. Moie votes vvwe cast than cv er before. He nnnonnces his intention to be a candidate in 1884, and considers his largo vote very satis factory. In New York, Carr, the Republican candidate for Secietary of State, had 19,000 majority, while Democrats elect ed the rest of the State ticket by 10,000 to 14,000 majorities. Maynard, the Deiu ocratic candidate for Secretary of State, was a pronounced tcniperanco man and tho brewers boast that they defeated him. The Legislature of Xevv Yoik is strongly Republican. In Viiginia. Demociats succeed. M.i' bono is badly defeated, State majority 30,000; Legisl.itute also .Democratic Negroes weie intimidated by tho riot at Danville, wheie five were killed, and refused to go to the polls to x-ote. Mississippi goes largely Democratic. Legislature 130 Demociats to '27 Repub licans and Independents. Pennsylvania elects the Republican ticket by '10,000 to 17,5000 majority. New Jersey is Democi itic by about 8.000 majority and Legislature his five Democratic majority on joint ballot. The race conliu : at the South will cause national agitation and surely di vide the country a,'.iin on the presiden tial question. The murder of the five blacks at D.invtlle, a, cau-ed colored people generally to resuiin away from the polls in that State. This will, un happily, revive que-tioii- that should rcmiiin silent. The presidential issue'in lst will practically bo tho South against the Noith. It i time tint i-suo was dead and buried. Gone to Victoria. B C Mr. K. E. Purver, long a re-Mem of the lied Hill-, south of falem, left last week, for his new home in Driti-h Co lumbia. He takes with him a p- rtion of hi? stock and implements. Ve wi-h him success in his new home and trut pro-rvrity w ill follow his earnest efforts. He leaves a circlo of friends here who wish him God speed. THE MORMONS, The Edmunds bill, thnt ninny sup. posed would answer the purpose with Utnh, merely gnve control of that terri tory to tho once married Moiinnn men and women. The devilish system re mains nnd rules. The U. S. Commission. crs did their best but accomplished little. Mormonism is leceiving thousands of recruits from Europe nnd spreading into Idaho, whero it controls tho south coun ties, so thnt Idnho will be Mormon if the north counties nre nnnexed to Washing ton on its admission as a State. Also, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona have a largo proportion of Morinan population and are becoming as foieign to tliiff American Union as Utah itself. Tho whole nation is puzzled over this Mormon question. Our republican ideas are not competent to cojio w ith so despi cable and criminal a svstem. Igiiorance and lust are the foundation of thi" ss tem and perjury nnd murder are its I working principles. A strong handSVV should be upon it and compel obedience w iu iu. j.iiu .uuuiu.un -ueauovv umssa' ere which was only one of many damnable deeds has never been pun ished, much less avenged. All the ter ritories in tho gieat basin should be gov erned with an iron hand. Tho people should be kindly gov erned, when it is possible, and should bo kindly educated, but with consistent kindness there should be unyielding firmness until t curse nnd the stigma of Mormonism i wiped out and the infernal system U ex terminated. PROSPECTUS. TOR THE PUItPOSE OF PLACING THE W 1LLAMETTE F,L Within the reach ot etery farmer In the Pacific North. cst, ne shall alter this date reduce the price as follows : One Year, la Adtnnce, $ !.). flubs of Ten, (money ith ninies) 15 M Chilis oT Five. (mone with names,) g,;j Vt-Clubs can be composed ot old and neu suhacnbcri Postage Stamps will not be taken for Subscription. This new schedule of prices is meant to accommc date all class and leae no room for complaint or dA 1 MM.IW.UUIH n. 111. .D II.UICU uu, , UUS pCT the cheapest on the PaclSc Coast. As man persons hate objected to bin; asked pay In advance ue reduce the subscription price those who make adance payment and shall nevtr i deiate from the term9 statu. You can make money by prepayment, and wo prefer Out all should pursue that plan. We Intend to make a farmers' paper that ever; I farmer In the land will need and will not willingljr I We understand the Interests of agriculture In ' W this region and intend to continual! stud) and work I for the adancen.ent ot the class we represent. We have corretpordents in all sections ot tbel Pacific Northwest whowill reixrrt the success of farm I iny In eery locality. ,4s We shall lslt all sections a'd personal! repwt our observations. We shall compile from our content I porarles of the press all faus relating to detelopmeot and , and material Interests of farmers In all parts theccuntr. We shall Weep pace with production In eery de partment, and report, through corresponlenU and from personal observation, all important facts coaceri ing farming In all Its branches, including production ot grain, grasses, fruits and egetable I conceroia? stock raising, tie alue of cattle for meat and for dalring; of hordes for all purpeses; of sheep for a?-"5t and mutton, or both ; of wine and poultr). AUo,ul to bees and honey. We shall continue to stud) the markets and inform our patrons on all points, so that they will be able to Judge the situation for themseh es. Our old patron! will bear witness we hate worked faithful!), in tni connection, in. the past. We shall do so in the futnre N'o dali newspaper in Portland has eor ;lientb producers of the country such clear views of tb world's crops and markets as the Farmer often doej Our market reports hae. been uorth hundreds of thw sind to the producers ot this region. We shall cartful!) cud such mlsce'hneoujm&OJ .) for use aa will btnellt and instruct loth joucjul old. Thn Farmer aims to be an ejucitor In eT department of life. Our editorials will free'y anl Independent!) discus ever) quotion tint incerc-si? the people fnm tie standpoint of rhjht. so far a we lute influence,! shall be exerted in fa or of .rood principle", SJ gov ernmjn', true relUion,e nperance and f:r ,Junt.oi of the m.sses of the Oei era. and State Coi ernuienu. The Home Circle is eli'ed k a lad) of nuto" eperien e In the Isbors ol the f.raier, ani ! scpi-ilnted th the wa)s of the werll. sbeintere herself In all the duties and p.. i.urts of home. Tt eandi" bear witness to the yod init .ence the Fii" exerts in man) homes o make the Iliei of BOtbeJ. wilts andchidreii ln-tter and happ'er. ft" It Is as a U.V piper that the Faruir iJ" the clown rvlitMiii to the people and eierciiea th Ul-Mt ttJ.Ul.TOl 'i 'hi v ni. Will ik t tfvn Unit local Inchmctn a the iiauic lurnt nl a I jou u belieie. It" nan el U'teili ve.n a o when the Willamette Valli. wai Orc.-ui, but ich.t ,unded ani rownwitil1 ri.Mh of Uio .nu tr ai.l repre.euo all the ajnet lure of Orw 'n ji-j vvihieon. This I. the farmer's own or,-an, open for all" rchie e;crlc"ice, seek !nformatl:n, ml SUM r 1, .... iv nut have ta commJun of ajalnjt mrand nateer t-eks to opprew or deceive thffl Our (olumns bploni to tre people, ani the 'u vn ciien) uepenas o.-i ,mu p, - - -- . ence of S3 )c-ir pent in tni ri ., --jzj knowledge of the country; n.ar.) H "V-VSI (n wi ." ".;, .. ; . intuwt w th kcriiulture ani lel v "' r""" with mn) ot nuln the columns of '"", .. .V" .'fluV""!l",:'1,!'.'?iJ "li'.iXe., mat it will r.nn(increaici, -ma..'.. ,.r.,,cii; friend to aid is jt that respect, and "' arp"" thesuod 1I10I all MOO ::. wriiivroMBE, v. s. I VWF.ItTXA RYSUJKU-W' ririini'Mt - at.. ...I J ft (Ml Ml.. I VV rlt Pre.r.ptlons 'or Die' 'luKt " ?H .. . .. i.. .nttrn. SUtS UV rlce.fi loreacn i re-n,""- - - .,....,.. nMraa Doaslbl. J tomsan l a zi i;. ,.- T.lrrw.th.dTf FlRVS FOR SLt.'r. -. .n vn " t a LI.MsCV i. CO., .on - 4 r. W I I w